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That experiment probably can't be run end-to-end because evolution took an enormous time to cook up our biochemistry from the primordial soup. I could also be c
by samus 3y ago
That experiment probably can't be run end-to-end because evolution took an enormous time to cook up our biochemistry from the primordial soup. I could also be completely wrong, and we learn that simplistic cells can arise on short timescales if there is no competition from existing life.
- XorNot 3y agoMy thought was that if you just intentionally dumped the working components into the relevant areas, you would get a cell in short order - i.e. there's a combination of RNAzymes which must've existed on the transition from RNA-world to proteins, to DNA coding. Basically: evolution trial and error'd, but it stands to reason that we could just sit there injecting the next step which worked each time.